Anniversary AddressesCongregational Sunday School and Publishing Company, 1894 - 517 pages |
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Page 9
... higher motion . The mind gropes round restlessly by a yearning instinct ; it may be driven by the strong impulse of native genius ; or it may rise to the condition of being the facile servant of the forceful will . When the boy at Pisa ...
... higher motion . The mind gropes round restlessly by a yearning instinct ; it may be driven by the strong impulse of native genius ; or it may rise to the condition of being the facile servant of the forceful will . When the boy at Pisa ...
Page 11
... higher , and the hour of full intellectual emancipation comes only when the student has learned to serve the whole freshness and sharpness of his intellect on any needful theme of the hour ; it may be the scale of a fossil fish , or the ...
... higher , and the hour of full intellectual emancipation comes only when the student has learned to serve the whole freshness and sharpness of his intellect on any needful theme of the hour ; it may be the scale of a fossil fish , or the ...
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... higher and farther than if shot at the trunk . The drippings of a large heart and life are richer than the full cup of a narrow soul . Some men's failures and defeats are grander than other men's suc- cesses and victories . The monk ...
... higher and farther than if shot at the trunk . The drippings of a large heart and life are richer than the full cup of a narrow soul . Some men's failures and defeats are grander than other men's suc- cesses and victories . The monk ...
Page 75
... higher than the angels , in- fluences in our power as deathless as the life of God . When a woman ceases to be heir and successor of a dead silkworm and keeper of crystals of carbon , and diffuses heaven - kindled warmth and brightness ...
... higher than the angels , in- fluences in our power as deathless as the life of God . When a woman ceases to be heir and successor of a dead silkworm and keeper of crystals of carbon , and diffuses heaven - kindled warmth and brightness ...
Page 98
... higher and higher , it still offers to the soul , in its best estate , whatever could fill its utmost aspirations : a God who knows its every wish and want , hears every prayer , guides every event , and guarantees all true blessing ; a ...
... higher and higher , it still offers to the soul , in its best estate , whatever could fill its utmost aspirations : a God who knows its every wish and want , hears every prayer , guides every event , and guarantees all true blessing ; a ...
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